Hello, readers. Thanks for playing along and having fun with The Twizzy all year. Here are the results for The Final Game.
As of Wednesday afternoon, there were 5 correct answers. I stopped counting past then because I had to get ready for Thanksgiving. The runners-up for this game are: @cassie_jackson, @kcecelia, @busybrd, and my best friend Millicent.
So who was the winner? It’s @dp57, of course. Congratulations, Donna! This is your 10th Twizzy win! Please pick a prize from the list below and leave your choice in the comments section on this page.
Prizes consist of: Seven Souls A Leaping co-written and donated by Kellyann Zuzulo (while supplies last), $15 Barnes & Noble gift cards (with 1 donated by the wonderful Kellyann Zuzulo), or a surprise FANTASTIC hardcover book from my grab bag of goodies from Alyssa Smith.
So who was the Twizzy Star for Game 38, The Final Game?
You know her.
You love her.
I hope you’ve read her gorgeous writing.
The Twizzy Star of the Week for Game 38 was Catherine Delors.
As this is The Final Game, it’s time to reveal who The Twizzy Grand Champion is. This comes as no surprise to my diehard players, it’s @dp57! Donna, speeding your way is THIS, THE TWIZZY TIARA.
I’m also hoping to send another separate goody, which I can’t reveal. I haven’t yet received said item (although I have harassed the gentleman who owns it several times). You will love. In addition to the mystery prize, I will be sending you a hardcover book from the selection I was given. Congratulations, my friend. You deserved it. I will be keeping this, the Twizzy Tiara you made and sent me. It will forever by my reminder that I ran this mad quiz for so long.
Now, who are the Twizzy Runners-up? They are (in order of wins):
@busybrd with 5
@wrightallison with 4
A tie with:
My best friend Millicent with 3
and
@LittleSandyW with 3
And a tie with:
@nicholebernier with 2
@cassie_jackson with 2
Keep your eyes on the post, ladies. You will be receiving parting gifts. And, Cassie, I think I need your mailing address, hon. Drop it in the comments section on this page.
The Twizzy is over. I’m extremely proud to say this was the first time anything of this magnitude was put together on Twitter. I am delighted to have had the cooperation of so many authors, journalists, sports writers, literary agents, and publishers. If you’ve not read their books or articles, or followed them on Twitter, why not do so? We’re a literary bunch, after all.
At this time, I’d like to thank each of my Twizzy Stars, because without them, this couldn’t have happened:
***The lovely Bethanne Patrick was The Twizzy Star of the Week for Game 1. You can find and follow her at @thebookmaven. http://bookmavenmedia.com/
Bethanne is responsible for #fridayreads on Twitter and the Friday Reads Facebook page. By all means, stop by every Friday and share what you’re reading.
***The charming Caroline Leavitt was The Twizzy Star of the Week for Game 2. You can find and follow her at @leavittnovelist. http://www.carolineleavitt.com/home.htm
Caroline has been on the New York Times Bestseller List for 2 weeks in a row now with her book PICTURES OF YOU. Why not buy it today?
***The hilarious Wallace Matthews was The Twizzy Star of the Week for Game 3. You can find and follow him at @ESPNNYYankees . http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/yankees
Wallace is the Yankees Beat Writer for ESPN New York.
***The adorable Julie Klam was The Twizzy Star of the Week for Game 4. You can find and follow her at @julieklam . http://www.julieklam.com/
Julie is the New York Times Bestselling Author of You Had Me At Woof: How Dogs Taught Me The Secrets of Happiness and Please Excuse My Daughter (Riverhead)
***The fabulous Colleen Lindsay was The Twizzy Star of the Week for Game 5. You can find and follow her at @colleenlindsay http://theswivet.com
Colleen is a former literary agent who is currently part of the Business Development team at Penguin Group (USA).
***The wonderful Veronica Brooks-Sigler was The Twizzy Star of the Week for Game 6. You can find and follow her at @getlit_erate http://www.brookssigler.com
Veronica is the author of Five Finger Fiction. She is working on a sequel. Yay!
***The witty Brett Sandusky was The Twizzy Star of the Week for Game 7. You can find and follow him at @bsandusky and http://brettlikesstuff.tumblr.com/
Brett is a digital publishing professional, innovator, strategist, marketer and writer.
***The funny Elana Roth was The Twizzy Star of the Week for Game 8. You can find and follow her at @ElanaRoth and http://www.elanaroth.com
Elana is a literary agent at the Caren Johnson Literary Agency. She’s also second-to-none in quoting Ghostbusters.
***The delightful Gesine Bullock-Prado was The Twizzy Star of the Week for Game 9. You can find and follow her at @closetmastrbakr and http://www.gesine.com
Gesine is a pastry chef, the owner of Gesine Confectionary, and author of Confections of a Closet Master Baker/My Life from Scratch and the recent Sugar Baby.
***The captivating Laura Strachan was The Twizzy Star of the Week for Game 10. You can find and follow her at @StrachanLit and www.strachanlit.com
Laura is my literary agent. She represents literary fiction and narrative nonfiction. She loves books, art, theatre — compelling stories, well told.
***The talented Joe Wallace was The Twizzy Star of the Week for Game 11. You can find and follow him at www.josephwallace.com @joe_wallace
Joe is an author of nonfiction books, noir stories, and a novel, DIAMOND RUBY.
***The sweet Kellyann Zuzulo was The Twizzy Star of the Week for Game 12. You can find and follow her at www.kfzuzulo.com @kfzuzulo
Kellyann is a former journalist, author of tales, word laborer, stirrer of soup.
***The brilliant Bob Klapisch was The Twizzy Star of the Week for Game 13. You can find and follow him at http://www.northjersey.com/sports/pro_sports/baseball/klapisch/ and http://msn.foxsports.com/writer/Bob_Klapisch @BobKlap
Bob is a baseball columnist for The Bergen Record and foxsports.com
***The new mommy Erin Bried was The Twizzy Star of the Week for Game 14. You can find and follow her at http://erinbried.com/ @NiftyButton
Erin is a pie baker, storyteller, collector of old timey wisdom. Author of How to Build a Fire & Sew a Button (Ballantine). Self mag staff writer.
***The dear Sean Kennedy was The Twizzy Star of the Week for Game 15. You can find and follow him at http://www.sean-kennedy.com/ @slicksean
Sean is a Writer/journalist/media consultant. His Tweets are 20% each: current affairs/culture; writing/media; LGBT topics; food/food systems; personal.
***The darling Pete Caldera was The Twizzy Star of the Week for Game 16. You can find and follow him at: www.northjersey.com And http://blogs.northjersey.com/blogs/pinstripeposts and @pcaldera
Pete is the Bergen Record Yankees beat writer and an occasional band vocalist with the Stan Rubin Orchestra.
***The fantastic David Pomerico was The Twizzy Star of the Week for Game 17. You can find and follow him at http://www.bantamspectra.net and @DelReySpectra
David is an editor at Del Rey and Spectra, two of the biggest SF, fantasy, urban fantasy, and paranormal romance imprints in–and out of–the world.
***The sweet Jennifer Gilmore was The Twizzy Star of the Week for Game 18. You can find and follow her at http://jennifergilmore.net/ and @jenwgilmore
Jennifer is the author of the new novel Something Red, and the NYTimes Notable novel, Golden Country.
***The talented Allison Winn-Scotch was The Twizzy Star of the Week for Week 19. You can find and follow her at www.allisonwinn.com and @aswinn
Allison is a novelist, NY Times best seller (yeah, I had to get that in), celeb profiler, diaper changer, dog walker, ass-kicker, pop culture junkie, superwoman.
***The clever Kathleen Schmidt was The Twizzy Star of the Week for Game 20. You can find and follow her at http://kathleenschmidt.tumblr.com @bookgirl96
Kathleen is a bookish broad, PR superhero, mother of two, lover of sports, and wife of @Rockpappa.
***The marvelous Mark Feinsand was The Twizzy Star of the Week for Game 21. You can find and follow him at http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/yankees @BloggingBombers
Mark is the Yankees beat writer for the New York Daily News.
***The fantastic Georgia McBride was The Twizzy Star of the Week for Game 22. You can find and follow her at www.georgiamcbride.com @Georgia_McBride
Georgia is a YA author of the PRAEFATIO series. She’s represented by Mark McVeigh of The McVeigh Agency. Founder of #YAlitchat. Mom to 2 humans + 3 Chihuahuas. Hopeless Romantic.
***The brilliant Brenda Copeland was The Twizzy Star of the Week for Game 23.
***The adorable Nichole Bernier was The Twizzy Star of the Week for Game 24. You can find and follow her at http://www.nicholebernier.com @NicholeBernier
Nichole is a writer (Conde Nast Traveler) & mother of 5 trafficking in humor, Twizzlers, occasionally wisdom. Novel THE UNFINISHED WORK OF ELIZABETH D, Crown/RH 2012
***The fabulous Ken Davidoff was The Twizzy Star of the Week for Game 25. You can find and follow him at http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/ken-davidoff-s-baseball-insider-1.1278117 @kendavidoff
Ken is the National baseball writer for Newsday.
***The funny Jenny Gardiner was The Twizzy Star of the Week for Game 26. You can follow and find her at @jennygardiner http://www.jennygardiner.net/blog/
Jenny is the author of Sleeping with Ward Cleaver, Winging It: A Memoir of Caring for a Vengeful Parrot Who’s Determined to Kill Me, & Slim to None.
***The hilarious Laura Zigman was The Twizzy Star of the Week for Game 27. You can follow and find her at @laurazigman http://laurazigman.wordpress.com/
Laura is a writer, branter, complainer, mom, recovering publicist.
***The talented Jerome Priesler was The Twizzy Star of the Week for Game 28. You can follow and find him at @YankeesInk http://www.yankeesink.com
Jerome is a New York Times bestselling novelist and regular contributor to YESNetwork.com.
***The ultra cool Rich Oliver was The Twizzy Star of the Week for Game 29. You can follow and find him at @RichOliver and http://www.richardoliver.biz
Rich is the jingle singer for the Chris Moyles Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 1 in the United Kingdom.
***The dynamic Susan Orlean was The Twizzy Star of the Week for Game 30.You can follow and find her at @susanorlean and www.susanorlean.com
Susan is a writer for The New Yorker, and several books – The Orchid Thief and her latest, Rin Tin Tin.
***The hilarious and talented Jane Heller was The Twizzy Star of the Week for Game 31. You can follow and find her at @janeheller1 http://www.janeheller.com
Jane is a novelist, screenwriter, blogger, author of Confessions of a She-Fan, a Yankees diehard, movies/books fan, and a pop culture maven.
***The charming Karen Palmer was the Twizzy Star of the Week for Game 32. You can follow and find her at @karen_palmer www.karenpalmer.com
Karen is a writer, editor, teacher.
***The incredible Marc Carig was the Twizzy Star of the Week for Game 33. You can follow and find him at @ledger_yankees www.nj.com and http://carig.wordpress.com
Marc is the Yankees beat writer for The Star-Ledger and NJ.com
***The witty Glenn Giangrande was the Twizzy Star of the Week for Game 34. You can follow and find him at @glenngiangrande and http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/profile.php?id=538658980&ref=profile
Glenn is a four-time Emmy recipient, YESNetwork.com personality, on-air talent.
***The clever Drew Sarver was the Twizzy Star of the Week for Game 35. You can follow and find him at @mypinstripes http://mypinstripes.blogspot.com
Drew is a Database Developer, Blogger, BaseballDigest.com writer, Beagle lover, Husband
***The brilliant Alyssa Smith was the Twizzy Star of the Week for Game 36. You can follow and find her at @booksandcorsets and http://about.me/booksandcorsets
Alyssa is an Editor, reviewer, convention organizer, avid costumer. She is always planning something. She Tweets about her interests: cooking, sewing, books.
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